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Nepal's first international fast-food restaurants opened in the capital Kathmandu on Wednesday, reflecting the country's cautious attempts to attract more investment from Western companies.
(RTTNews) - The United States in a travel advisory has asked its nationals to be cautious while traveling in Nepal in view of the precarious security situation in that country.
A Texas man who was scammed out of what turned out to be a winning $1 million lottery ticket wants to question some lottery executives under oath.
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Munich, Germany — Rising global temperatures could take the world past a number of tipping points, the results of which would have enormous environmental, social and economic impacts on ecosystems and regions around the world.
By Chuck Shepherd LEAD STORY: The first line of "defense" at the 400 Iraqi police checkpoints in Baghdad are small wands with antennas that supposedly detect explosives, but which U.S. officials say are about as useful as Ouija boards. The Iraqi official in charge, Maj. Gen. Jehad al-Jabiri, is so enamored of the devices, according to a November New York Times dispatch, that when American ...
The money tap has begun to flow at the Alaska Film Office, a subdivision of the Alaska Department of Commerce the state legislature has charged with paying out up to $100 million in tax rebates between now and 2013.
Irene Caulfield took a break of several years from the New York retail world she loved when she and her husband, Chris, moved to Newtown to raise her children, Katy, now 19 years old, and Chris, currently a senior at NHS. "I'm grateful that I was able to spend that growing up time with them," said Ms Caulfield, the co-owner of Sabrina Style at 4 Washington Avenue in Sandy Hook Center, along with ...
LONDON — An inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war kicked off Tuesday with top government advisers testifying that some Bush administration officials were calling for Saddam Hussein's ouster as early as 2001 — long before sanctions were exhausted and two years before the U.S.-led invasion.
Attorneys for Willis Willis have asked a judge in Austin to allow the depositions in what could lead to a lawsuit against the Texas Lottery Commission.
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UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon yesterday launched a Network of Men Leaders to act as role models in the global campaign to end the "pandemic" of violence against women.
Many immigrants and refugees learned about an American Thanksgiving, making South Hills Interfaith Ministry's Thanksgiving dinner a new holiday tradition.
Lawyers for a man who authorities say had his $1 million lottery ticket stolen by a convenience store clerk petitioned a Travis County court on Tuesday to require Texas Lottery officials and others to answer questions under oath about the incident, a move aimed at gathering facts for a potential lawsuit.
In other news, International Television News reports on the inquiry into the United Kingdom's role in the Iraq war, and the Philippines were placed under emergency rule after election violence continued to escalate Tuesday.
Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.
